Cuisine at Bodhgaya

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Being a tourist you ever need to taste some exclusive dishes as per the specialty of region. Discovery of new dishes in Bodhgaya, a small city in Bihar would provide you a wide range of restaurants and eateries to satisfy your taste buds. Come to this city of Bodhgaya and take pleasure of the Indian cuisine as well as the exclusively Bihar dishes. There ae numbers of restaurants where you can enjoy these meals. You can eat in a pleasant place near the dinning room, outdoors. They make luscious meals, vegetarian but enjoyable. Apart from this, you will find here a number of other restaurants which will serve you popular Indian cuisines along with Chinese and Continental.

Stating something about food or dish of Bodhgaya, it is significant to know that it was the milk made sweet dish (Kheer)which Buddha got from a Brahmin maiden named Sujata when he reached Bodhgaya by three-day non-stop meditation sitting under a Pipal tree over here. Though, apart from its various attractions, and spiritual value, the city is also known for its luscious cuisine, with sweets forming a major specialty. You can enjoy here the taste of special Bihari cuisine i.e. the traditional food of Bihar.

Gaya is also famous as the place with Tilkut and Anarsa as its specialty. While Tilkut is made from with white sesame seeds (Til) and sugar, Anarsa comprises of a mixture of rice flour, white sesame seeds and sugar. The Ramna Road of Gaya is the best place where you bye and taste these sweets. Some other Bihari dishes and cookery can also be tasted while u are in Gaya. Some other foodstuffs or dishes which you can taste at this place are- Laddoo, Khaja, Belgrami, Laai, Sonpapdi, Perukia, Balushahi, Kheer-Makhana, Dalpuri, Litti with Baingan-ka-Bharta etc. These all foods are exclusively available in Bihar only which you can taste during your visit to Gaya.